The Open Field
Human RelationsPublished 1 November 1976
Robert Cooper
Citations88
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SJR score4.15
SNIP3.35
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The paper attempts to define an epistemology of process as a basis for the development of expressive and creative action. Five conditions of process are identified-unstructured action, change, projectability, the situation, the abstract field-and their behavioral implications are discussed. Finally, a methodology for the personal use of process is presented.
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